Author Archives: -tomas

Time Traveling to the BoilerRoom

Posted on March 2, 2011 by -tomas

Every Wednesday, our boss takes us out to lunch. Like all geeks do, we started talking about some pretty fanciful topics, including Time Travel. Ignoring the laws of physics (and the bewildered stares of the young ladies at the next … Continue reading →

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Me and My Big Head

Posted on January 28, 2011 by -tomas

Like a lot of geeks, I wear eyeglasses. Also, like a lot of geeks my head is kind of big. Unfortunately, having a big head makes finding new eyeglasses frames more difficult than it should be. Continue reading →

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You too, California?

Posted on January 21, 2011 by -tomas

The other day I was complaining about the spam e-mails generated by my visiting what I though were reputable e-commerce sites. I guess California really is broke since they’ve also sold their soul to the spammers.

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Microsoft Certifications

Posted on January 7, 2011 by -tomas

As you may know, I’ve been doing .NET programming since 2002. In all that time, I’ve never bothered to get one of those fancy Microsoft Certifications, such as a MCSD…. Until now Continue reading →

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New site

Posted on January 1, 2011 by -tomas

I’ve converted my site to a WordPress site. Enjoy! Continue reading →

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Cabela’s Campmor and Spammers

Posted on December 6, 2010 by -tomas

It’s not just the less-than-reputable companies that employ tracking cookies, it seems that even “reputable” sites such as Cabela’s and Campmor make use of this awful technology. Continue reading →

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Rookie Mistake: custom tool error failed to generate code

Posted on November 29, 2010 by -tomas

(The solution to my problem is detailed below) The project that I’ve spend most of the last eighteen months working on uses Microsoft’s Windows Communications Framework (WCF) to move massive amounts of data around. This is a relatively new technology … Continue reading →

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My First WordPress Post

Posted on November 28, 2010 by -tomas

I’ve finally decided to do something new: I installed the WordPress application on my website. This was actually pretty easy to do. This site is hosted by GoDaddy, with whom I’ve had some head-banging good times (see this). But this … Continue reading →

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